Fence-weaving implement.



No. 640,240. Patented Jan. 2, |900. C. A. TAYLOR.

FENCE WEAVING IMPLEMENT.

(Application led Apr. 1, 1899.) (No Model.)

NTTTn STnTnS PATENT 'IO GEORGE O. PEAK, JOSEPH E.

SAME PLACE.

EDDINGS, AND CHARLES onisr, on

FENCEm-WEVING llVlPLElVlENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,240, dated January2, 1900. Application tiled April 1, 1899. Serial No. 711,334. (Nomodel.)

To all wtorit t may concern:

13e it known that I, CHARLES A. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vinchester, in the county of Scott and State of S Illinois,have invented a new and useful Fence-lVeaving Implement, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to implements for applying stay-wires to thestrand-wires or stringio ers of a wire fence; and the object in view isto provide a simple implement embracing but three parts in itsconstruction adapted to securely and quickly apply the stay-wire to thestrand-wire. Afurther object is to provide an implement which may becarried and manipulated with ease and facility, because it does notsupport a wire-bobbin. Hence the weight of the iinplement is reduced toa minimum.

A further object is' to provide a twister appliance with means fordisengaging the staywire automatically therefrom at the proper periodafter the completion of the twist, thereby facilitating the removal ofthe im- 2 5 plement from the strand and stay wires.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, l have illustrated thepreferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which-= Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a wireweaving implement in operative relation to the Stringer orstrand-wire of a fence. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the implement. Fig. 3is a side elevation. Fig. e is a longitudinal sec- 4o tional view on theplane indicated by the dotted line e. a of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the twister. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of thewire-tightener. Fig.

7 is a cross-section through the wire-tightener 45 to show the meansthereof for locking the revoluble spool.

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate like andcorresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

One of the members of my threepart Stay applying or weaving implement isthe member 10, which forms the carrying or support"- ing device for therevoluble twister. This member ls provided at one end with an offsethandle 11, by which the operator may hold the implement in properrelation to the strand-wire during the operation of rotating the twisterfor the application of the stay. At its opposite extremity from thehandle the member 10 is bifurcated or forked, asindicated by 12, andwithin this bifurcation a journaleopening 13 is formed in the handle,the journal-opening and the bifurcation being in communication one withthe other.

14 designates a guide-offset which is formed `as an integral part of themember 10, and this guide is arranged across the member contiguous tothe inner edge of the j ournal-opening 13. The guide extends at rightangles to the plane of the member 10, and at its outeredge it isprovided with a flange 15, that is disposed parallel to the line of themember 10. Said flange lies at right angles to the guide 14 and extendsacross the plane of the j o urnal-opening 13, in which is received therevoluble twister, so that the flange is disposed opposite to thetwister, and in the upper face of the guide let is provided alongitudinal groove 16, adapted to receive the stay-Wire, which isdesigned to rest upon the guide and be coniined by said guide and itsflange in proper relation to the coiling-nger of the twister, as willpresently appear.

The other member 17 of the implement forms a lever by which the twistermay be rotated twice on its axis in order to coil the stay-wire a numberof times around the strand-wire. The member 17 is formed with the offsethandle 1S, that is similar to the handle of the member 10, and saidmember 17 is furthermore provided with a flat plate-like head 19, oneedge of which is a segment or arc of a circle. The fiat segmental headof the member 17 is formed at its free edge with an offset ilange 19,that is concentric with the aro-shaped edge of the member itself, and onthis arc-shaped edge of the member is provided a series of gear-teeth20, which extend continuously along the edge of the head and form anoperating-segment for the rotation of the twister when the member 17 ismoved relatively to the member 10.

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21 designates the twister of my improved weaving implement. This twisteris cylindrical in form, its diameter is a triile less than that of thejournal-opening 13, and the length of said twister exceeds the width orthickness of the member 10. The twister is provided with `an axiallongitudinal opening 22 and with a radial slot 23, that opens throughthe cylindrical face of the twister and communicates with the axialopening 22 therein. At one end this twister 2l is formed with an`integral gear-pinion 24, which is provided with a radial slot that isalined with the slot in the f body of the twister, and at its other endsaid twister is Aformed with an offset or inclined coiling-finger 25.The coiling-finger extends in an inclined direction from one edge of theradial slot in the Vcylindrical body of the twister, and the end face ofsaid twister, adjacent to the coiling-finger, is inclined, as at 26, inorder that the coiling-finger may properly engage with the stay-wirewhich is to be applied to the longitudinal stringer. Said end face ofthe cylindrical revoluble twister is furthermore provided on theopposite side to the ceiling-linger with an inclined notch 27, extendedto form the abruptly-inclined throw-off face 28, that is adapted to bindagainst the stay-wire at the completion of the second rotation of thetwister for the purpose of disengaging the stay-wire from thecoilingfinger of said twister, and thereby unco'uple the twister fromthe stay-wire for the expeditious :removal of the implement fromengagement with the strand and stay wires.

Each'of the members of myimproved fenceweaving tool is made in a singlepiece of `metalthat is to say, the member 10 is cast `in one piece, themember 17 is cast in another piece, yand the member or twister 21 isformed in another piece of metal. The implement is lsimple and cheap ofconstruction, and its weight is reduced to a minimum, vso that it may beeasily and conveniently handled.

In assembling the members or parts togetherthe cylindrical body of thetwister is thrust through the journal-opening 13 of the member 10, andthe gear 24 on said twister is thus adapted `to abut against one face orside of the member 10. The two members.

are overlapped,and they are connected operatively together by apivot-bolt 29, which passes through the bar or shank of the member 10and the plate-like head of the member 17, said pivot-bolt Abeingconcentric with the arc of the toothed segmental edge and the offsetflange of the member 17. The head of the f member 17 occupies suchrelation to the member 10 andthe twister that the twister-gear `24 willmesh with the teeth of the segment 19, and the arc-'shaped flange ofsaid member 17 imfpinges or bears against the outer face of the gear onthe rotary twister. Itwill thus bes'een that the twister is confinedagainst Iendwisemovementby-having the gear-pinion thereof lit 'betweenthe bar o'r shank of the member 10 and the arc-shaped flange of themember 17, and this llange is adapted to en-- gage with the twister atall points in the adjustment of the lever member 17, whereby thetwister-gear is confined in position to engage with the toothed edge ofthe lever-segment for the twister to be rotated by movement of the levermember 17.

In using my improved implement the operator rst bends one end of astay-wire to form a hook thereon, and this hooked end of the wire isIitted over the upper strin ger or strandwire of a fence. The bifurcatedend of the handle member 10 is adjusted to engage with this upperstrand-wire, and the lever member 17 is raised to the position shown byFig. 1 for adjusting the twister 2l to a position Where the radial slotthereof coincides with the space of the forked end of the member lO. Theparts of the implement are thus disposed for the rotary twister toreceive the strand-wire, and the ceiling-linger of said twister is in aposition to engage with the hooked or looped end of the stay-wire whichis suspended from the upper Stringer. lThe operator now depresses thelever member 10, and thereby turns it on the fulcrum-bolt 29, and thismovement of the lever causesthe toothed segmental headof the levermember to rotate the pinion and the twister 2l. The stroke or length ofmovement of the lever is sufficient to make the toothed segment rotatethe twister twice on its axis before the completion of the movement ofsaid lever member, and the coiling-linger is thus adapted to twist thestay-wire `around the strandwire for the secure union of the two wires.At the completion of the second rotation of the twister the throw-offface 28 of the revoluble twister impinges or rides against the stay-wireand deflects the latter away from the end of the twister, so that theceilingfinger will be disengaged from the stay-wire, and as the twisterat the'completion of movement of the lever occupies a position for itsradial slot to coincide with the bifurcation in the end of the handle'member 10 the entire implement may easily be detached from the stay andstrand wires. The implement may be used on the next strand-wire forcoiling or twisting the stay-wire thereto, the operation being the sameas that just described.

If desired, lthe annular space within the journal-bearing 13 may belined with asuitable metal-as, for instance, Babbitt metal-- to insurethe easy and free rotation of the twister.

In Figs. 6 'and 7V of the drawings I have represented a construction ofwire-tightener by which the strand-wires may be drawn taut in order thatthe stay-wires ymayeasily be applied thereto. In this construction ofthe tension device I employ a bracket 3l, adapted to support a revolublespool 35. The bracket 31 iscast in a single piece with a base- .plateand jaws 32, and within oneof the jaws is a vertical rib 33, having anangular or offset locking-shoulder 34. The spool 35 is pro- IOC IIO

vided at its ends with the cylindrical journals, adapted to t in slotsof the jaws 32, and between one of the journals and the end of the spoolis a ratchet 37, which lies in the vertical plane of the shouldered rib33. One of the journals is extended to form a polygonal end for thereception of a wrench or other tool by which the tension-spool may berotated for coiling the strand-wire on the spool to secure the necessarytension, and the pull or strain of the stretched wire acts upon thespool to draw one of the teeth of the ratchet thereof into engagementwith the lockingshoulder 3i, thus preventing the spool from rotating ina direction which would tend to slacken the fence-wire.

In the operation of the weaving implement a stay-wire passes along theupper face of the guide la and is adapted to rest in the groove 16thereof, and said stay-wire is maintained in proper relation to theworking face of the twister by the annular flange 15, whereby the guideand its flange prevent the staywire from getting out of place withrelation to the twister. If desired, the plate-like head of the levermember 17 may be provided between a fulcrum-bolt and the handle with aninclined slot 30, having a beveled face to form the cutting edge 30,against which the wire may rest, so as to lie in the path of the mem berl0, whereby the member 17 maybe turned on the bolt 29, to cnt the wirein the slot 30 thereof.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

`What I claim is-m l. A wire-weaving implement comprising a memberprovided with a toothed segmental head having an offset guide-flangecontiguous to the toothed edge thereof, another member pivoted to thefirst-named member and having a forked free end, and a revoluble slottedtwister journaled in the fork member and having a pinion adapted to meshwith the toothed segment and to be confined between the flange on saidtoothed segment and the member in which it is j ournaled, substantiallyas described.

2. A wire-weaving tool comprising a fork member having the offstandingangular guide, a revoluble slotted twister journaled in said member andprovided with a coiling-nger which is disposed contiguous to said guide,and a lever member pivoted to the iirst-named member and having atoothed segment which meshes with a gear-pinion of said twister,substantially as describedA 3. In a wire-weaving tool, the combinationof a forked handle member provided with an offset guide adjacent to itsforked end, a lever member having a toothed segment provided with anoffstanding arcshaped guideflange adjacent to its toothed edge, apivotal bolt connecting the members together at a point concentric withthe edge of the segment, and a revoluble twister having at one end apinion which is confined between the handle member and the areguide-flange of the lever member, said twister having its other endformed with a coiling-finger and the inclined throw-off face contiguousto the flange of the offset guide, substantially as described.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. TAYLOR.

Vitnesses:

FRED CALLANS, J. B. THoMrsoN.

